> I am still waiting for a reply to my question about the annoying> pppd delay. I think this one has even the best of Linux masters> stumped. Linus??? Alan??? Anyone? Don't tell me this is too> difficult for you guys. Come on, reveal the answer to this> incredibly tough question. What is causing pppd to pause for over a> minute before it communicates with the serial port? If you guys> still can't answer it, I will have to vandalize the source code.> That won't be pretty.

need more details; for starters

which kernel version which pppd version which serial device you are using

(fwiw, it used to work here, not tried it recently, but I would expectit to still work....)<pause>